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In the sixteenth century Louvain rivalled Paris as a great seat of learning.

Belgium and the Belgians 1915

The improbable knots they had to tie themselves into to avoid triggering election calls rivalled anything a Chinese circus can display.

How did Harper miscalculate so badly? Janet Ursel 2008

The improbable knots they had to tie themselves into to avoid triggering election calls rivalled anything a Chinese circus can display.

Archive 2008-11-30 Janet Ursel 2008

His richness of colouring and deep relief equalled that of the Frate, the animation and expression rivalled Andrea del Sarto.

Fra Bartolommeo Scott, Leader, 1837-1902 1881

His richness of colouring and deep relief equalled that of the Frate, the animation and expression rivalled Andrea del Sarto.

Fra Bartolommeo Leader Scott 1869

Mr. ------, who is the thin mimic of a fine imitator, has surpassed his last 'masterpiece,' and that a lady of name to me unknown has 'rivalled' his masterpiece, and that a gentleman to me unknown has produced a book which must necessarily be a 'classic.'

My Contemporaries In Fiction David Christie Murray

Its ceramics collection is rivalled only by the V&A, its Arnold Bennett archive is bettered only by the British Library and its Staffordshire Hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasures is second only to the British Museum.

We need to start charging for museums and galleries again | Tristram Hunt 2011

One of most successful personal computers of all time, rivalled only by the Apple II in terms of popularity, the Commodore 64 played a definitive role in bringing home computing to the masses and whilst its hardware requirements seem meagre today they helped power not only the BASIC kernel OS that it shipped with but the imaginations of many computer engineers and developers to come.

Archive 2010-03-01 2010

And who would not be inspired by Collingwood's stupendous fielding, only rivalled by Jonty Rhodes in recent times?

Now England have won the Ashes, it's time to focus on being liked | Barney Ronay 2011

First staged in 1934, the play was revived in 1952, when it rivalled Miller's The Crucible as a dramatic metaphor for the hounding of Communist sympathisers.

The Children's Hour; Plenty; The Heretic – review 2011